This is a Python script that uses the Dropbox API to download files from a shared Dropbox folder.
- Python 3.6 or above
requestslibrary
You can install the requests library using pip:
pip install requests
The script can be run from the command line with the following syntax:
python dropbox_download.py -t YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN -url YOUR_SHARED_FOLDER_LINK
Replace YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN with your Dropbox API access token. To receive your token, go for example to https://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-api-v2-explorer/#files_list_folder, press 'Get Token' and completely copy it.
Replace YOUR_SHARED_FOLDER_LINK with the URL of the Dropbox folder you wish to download from. Take the full shared link you received and don't copy the URL from your browser after opening it. There is a "rlkey=" part in the correct one. You can also go into a subfolder, but keep in mind to add the part beginning with "&rlkey" from the original URL in the end.
The script also supports the following optional arguments:
-df, --download_folder: Sets the download folder (default is "downloads").
-c, --count: Sets the number of files to download (default is all files).
-v, --verbose: Prints the full API response.
--h: Displays these information.